Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-06-24
VERMONT PHGNIX BRATr1EBoRO FRIDAY, JUNE "a
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Il was terrible scene which was enact
ed on Lake Michigan last Friday when the
steamer Champlain was burned. The boat
was running 10 miles an hour, when flames
suddenly shot up from beneath the engine
driving the engineer from his post with his
clothes on fire lie ran TO the hurricane
deck, plunged into a tank and then return
ed TO his work but was too late to stop his
engine or connect the hose The alarm
was given; the sleeping passengers were
aroused, and when life preservers had been
fastened on all they gathered ON the for
ward deck Two life boats and life RATS
were lowered, but the steamer was running
so fast that they got away. In 10 minutes
from the time the boat caught fire the pas
sengers were all compelled TO jump into
the lake. The steward says there were 81
persons on board including the crew. Twen-
ty-three are known to have persisted and
seven are not yet accounted for.
Another Of those daring train robbcries
for which the state of Texas has become
famous was successfully carried out at $50
Saturday morning on the Southern Pacific
road near Schulenburg, about 80 miles west
of Houston As the train drew up at the
station two men with drawn revolvers
mounted the engine, covered the engineer
pull the train out TO the open prairie, a few
hundred yards to the east where fire was
burning around which stood 3 or 10 men
armed with Winchester rifles. The two
robbers on the engine stood guard over the
man at the throttle while the others went
through the mail, express and passenger
cars. Nearly all the passengers were asleep
and did not know what was going ON until
they were aroused by the robbers. The TO-
tai amount secured by the robbers is put
down at $4,000 or $40, 600
The first train that ever attempted to
run west of the Allegheny mountains, with
/ crude petroleum rs the only fuel, was the
mail train west ON the Pennsylvania rail
road that arrived in Pittsburg city Friday
night. 1t came through from Altoona on
time, and it came through without stick
of timber or a scuttle of coal to make
steam for the motor. There was entire
uniformity Of heat in the fire box, without
any stocking TO make it. The pipes from
| the 200 gallons of crude oil in "A tank in the
tender did the business The experiment
was IA complete success. Splendid time was
made, and there was no annoyance from
smoke or cinders.
Particulars have arrived of frightful
! ferry accident recently at Paks on the Dan
|
grims, having 400 persons on board, was
caught in squall and overturned. II is
stated that the boatmen were intoxicated.
! The panic on the boat was fearful Able
Szpies blessed the pilgrims, jumped over
board and swan ashore with child, but
died an hour afterward from rupture Of II
blood vessel The bodies recovered give
evidence of fearful death struggles in their
tattered clothes and distorted faces II is
estimated that 300 persons were drowned ;
over 200 bodies have been recovered.
The most costly high school building in
the United States, known ms the Durfey
school, was dedicated at Fall River,
Mass, last week The building, with its
apparatus and endowment, represents an
outlay Of over : 900 900, and is the gift
to that city Of lady Mrs. Young, who
has erected it As a monument to the memo
ry of a son, young man named Durley,
who died some years ago.
The Fidelity National bank # Cincinnati
has failed with liabilities of about s, 900 ,uOU
and assets - 600, 900 or $4,000. OUu less.
The banks officers grossly betrayed their
trust and are under arrest.
No liquor seller will hereafter be received
into any Masonic lodge in Dakota either Toy
initiation or aililiation, the grand lodge at
Huron having adopted resolution TO that
effect last week.
The American telephone and telegraph
company, which has for some time had a
long distance telephone line with - wires
in successful operation between Philadcl
phia and New York, and has recently eN
tended the line to New Haven. is now build
ing the line to Boston by way of Spring
field.